Exhibition of Guangdong Embroidery 2007

Guangzhou boasts her delicate craftworks especially the "Three Carvings, One Porcelain, One Embroidery." The three carvings are ivory, jade and wood carving.

Embroidery belongs to one of China's exquisite traditional craftworks and enjoys a history of more than 2000 years. Embroidery made in the Pearl River Delta around Guangzhou in south China is called Guang (Guangdong) embroidery, which could date back to 805 of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Yue embroidery in Guangdong consists of two branches including Guang style and Chao style.

The four renowned embroideries in China are Yue embroidery from Guangdong province, Xiang embroidery from Hunan, Shu embroidery from Sichuan and Su embroidery from Jiangsu.

During the boom of Guangdong embroidery in the late Ming Dynasty to mid Qing Dynasty (about 1600-1800 A.D.), many merchants from Britain came to these coastal cities in China for business, bringing their own samples for processing.

In 2006, this folk craftwork was incorporated into China's "Intangible Cultural Heritage".

 Three Guangdong Embroidery masters: Chen Shaofang, Xu Zhiguang, Su Lian'er

 

Time: Aug. 25th — Sep. 2nd
Venue: Fei Galery, 12nd Floor, Estate Plaza, No. 5 Nong Lin Xia Rd. (MAP, near the Dong Shan Kou metro station)
Website: http://guangxiu.loton.cn/
Ticket: for free (click to print the ticket here)

Embroidery of Tian Mi Mi (sweet hearts)
More works of art

 
Thread for the embroidery [lifeofguangzhou.com]

Two artisans work on a piece of Guang Embroidery [lifeofguangzhou.com]

 

(Reported by Carrot Chan and Alan Devey, photographed by Carrot Chan) 

Source: www.lifeofguangzhou.com

Editor: Carrot Chan